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Tue 09 Sep 2008Parents demand answers as 53,000 made ill by milk
CHINA:IN CHINA'S worst health scare in years, 53,000 small children have been made sick by contaminated milk and thousands of worried families are pouring into hospitals nationwide for check-ups, while the government has stepped up a wide-ranging damage limitation exercise.
There were traffic jams near hospitals and long lines of anxious parents near the testing centres. Of the 53,000 made sick, 12,892 have had to stay in hospital; 80 per cent of them were two-years-old or younger.
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